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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) 20000031366: Power to Explore: A History of the Marshall Space Flight Center, 1960-1990

by: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

Publication date: 1999-01-01
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), HISTORIES, TECHNOLOGIES, NASA PROGRAMS, HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE, SPACE SHUTTLES, SPACE STATIONS, SPACELAB, APOLLO PROJECT, Dunar, Andrew J., Waring, Stephen P.,
Collection: NASA_NTRS_Archive; usgovernmentmirrors; government-documents
Language: English
Item Size: 513.6M

This scholarly study of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center places the institution in social, political, scientific and technological context. It traces the evolution of Marshall, located in Huntsville, Alabama, from its origins as an Army missile development organization to its status in 1990 as one of the most diversified of NASA's field Center. Chapters discuss military rocketry programs in Germany and the United States, Apollo-Saturn, Skylab, Space shuttle, Spacelab, the Space Station, and various scientific and technical projects including the Hubble Space Telescope. It sheds light not only on the history of space technology, science and exploration, but also on the Cold War, federal politics and complex organizations.

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Pages: 729
Ppi: 300
Year: 1999